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http://boingboing.net/2013/10/05/amazons-deliberately-chaotic.html#commentsSat, 05 Oct 2013 17:11:12 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=259996Kevin Kelly says: "A photo story on the deliberately chaotic warehouse system that Amazon uses. Products are not stored by categories, rather they are put in the next available shelf space, and then picked by picker following an algo-generated optimal path. Very clever. Pickers need to speed-walk 10-15 miles per day. (I was a picker once in a warehouse; okay for someone young and fit.)"]]>Kevin Kelly says: "A photo story on the deliberately chaotic warehouse system that Amazon uses. Products are not stored by categories, rather they are put in the next available shelf space, and then picked by picker following an algo-generated optimal path. Very clever. Pickers need to speed-walk 10-15 miles per day. (I was a picker once in a warehouse; okay for someone young and fit.)"]]>http://boingboing.net/2013/10/05/amazons-deliberately-chaotic.html/feed22259996